8.5lbs of screaming joy!!!

Well, the ever-increasing shadow that my delightful wife Svatava has been casting for the past nine months has finally vanished, and we are now the very proud parents of a baby boy called Jakub (but known as "Kuba")!!!

He left his warm, cosy, food-when-you-want-it environment on 10th May at 13:34, and weighed in at a healthy 3.83kg, which in real money means 8lb 7oz.

Its been just over 3 weeks now since the birth, and the dust is pretty much still settling...

Outside family, he has already acquired the first member of his fan club - a girl tapped me on the arm (oh, I only wish they would do that more often...) and told me that Kuba was the sweetest baby she had ever seen!

More details on my little Kuba as they unfold.......